ammonites
East Turkana - Area 8A - KBS (Pliocene to of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 336, Area 8A - KBS,

Where: Kenya (4.3° N, 36.3° E: paleocoordinates 4.1° N, 36.0° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: KBS Member (Koobi Fora Formation), Pliocene to Pliocene (5.3 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = KBS Tuff (1.88+-.02), Min - Okote Tuff (1.64+-.03)

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; burrowed sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: bioclastic, ETE lithology comments: mudstones

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 88, ; ETE museum list: KNM

Primary reference: J. M. Harris. 1983. Koobi Fora Research Project The Fossil Ungulates: Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, Suidae. Clarendon Press, Oxford, United Kingdom 2 [K. Behrensmeyer/K. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton] more details

PaleoDB collection 21521: authorized by Kay Behrensmeyer, entered by Kay Behrensmeyer on 20.04.1994